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Re:Swift System Is Now Open Source by a1369209993 on Friday September 25, 2020 @06:46PM (#24594860)
> It can be written without using any of its more advanced features

If anything, that's bad, because it invites projects to adopt a impoverished subset of the language that avoids those features, in which case they might as well not exist because you aren't allowed to use them.

Re:Swift System Is Now Open Source by saagarjha on Friday September 25, 2020 @06:51PM (#24594889)
I have yet to encounter a project that does not allow contributions that use advanced features.
Re:Swift System Is Now Open Source by rat9988 on Friday September 25, 2020 @06:49PM (#24594878)
I'm not sure where is the problem here for the team that doesn't use it.